Re: Media myths (Was Townsend)

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 13:55:23 -0500 "Dan Billings"
<billings@suscom-maine.net> writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Halper" <dlh@donnahalper.com>
> To: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Media myths (Was Townsend)
> 
> 
> >  Sloppy journalism is not just a Democratic complaint.  I really
> > recommend checking www.snopes.com to see the urban legends about 
> various
> > famous people...
> 
> I agree with that.
> 
> And I also stated that the short hand version of Gore's statements, 
> which
> did appear often in the media, probably weren't fair to him.  
> However, after
> looking at the sources that Dave cited, I don't think those quotes 
> rise to
> the level of urban myth.
> 
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

You must have interesting standards for what untruths constitute myth,
df